Re: [Chrysler300] re tires, etc for 300 cars

[Michael Moore <mmoore8425@xxxxxxx>]

Fern, here is my dilemma: 
Over 50 years, I have acquired and kept three collector cars. Two were family cars I just wouldn't part with.

My 1963 E Type Jaguar has Dunlop Supersport tires on it, which I paid $1200 for. They are wonderful tires for that car. They have 10,000 miles on them but are 10 years old. 

My TR3 HAD a set of top Michelin tires, for which I paid $1000 for. They were 12 years old with maybe 5,000 miles on them when I sold them.

My 300H tires, replaced with Am Classic  last summer were like new, but I bought them in 1982.
 
In other words, tires on our collector cars "age-out" long before they wear out. 

I chose to buy a set of Vredstein tires for $100 ea for my TR3, and they work great. I think the Michelins were better tires, but if I'm going on the freeway, I prefer new Vredsteins to 12 year old anything.  
 
I also have two other daily driver cars, so keeping 5 cars on safe tires at a reasonable cost  can be a daunting prospect for some of us.
Mike Moore 300H

On Nov 18, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Fern wrote:

> I've been reading this tread re tires, etc for our chrysler 300 letter cars. I find it rather weird that some members that although their collectors cars are now worth rather big bucks compared to when they acquired them years ago, they are not willing to spend the appropriate amount of $'s to make sure that they are as road worthy as possible. As far as I'm concerned, safety really comes into play with all this. My opinion on choice of tires is to get what is the best tire to do the job and forgot this nonsense as to whether is has wide white wall or narrow sidewall. When I had my 65 300L ht restored about 15 years ago, I was not able to find proper 14 inch tires for it plus the availability of factory hub caps was next to nil(the factory ones are not really nice looking to start with) plus the price for really nice ones was prohibitive so I converted to 15 inch wheels using the magnum 500's with the spinner options. Most people on the street will not remembe r as to whether these cars had wide whitewalls tires, etc so why are we wasting lost of money in trying to make to 100 % factory. Now let's remember that this is a hobby so let's quit worrying about using crappy bias ply tires as what these came with from the factory. I will always make sure that I have excellent tires, brakes and suspension on any of my vehicles. One cannot put a price on safety. I hope that I haven't offended any of you purists but this is my two cents worth. Cheers from Fern with 300H convertible and 300L ht and still to restore 300L 4 speed conv.
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